Finnish People's Democratic League

The Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL) was a Marxist political party in Finland that was active from 1944 to 1990. The party was formed from the left wing of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, becoming a communist party after the anti-communism laws in Finland were repealed in 1944. The SKDL's main component was the Communist Party of Finland, and it enjoyed its greatest electoral success in 1958, when it won 23% of the vote and 50/200 MPs. In 1990, the party merged into the Left Alliance of Finland.